Mechanical movement



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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATlON HLED NOV. 15, I919.

1,387,428. PatentedAug. 9,1921.

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WILLIM MOIR, OF CHICAGO, EILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed' N ovember 15, 1919. Serial No. 338,289. 1

'To all wkom may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Mom, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented newand useful Improvements inv Mechanical Movements, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical movement and has for its primary objecta simple construction capable of converting rotary motion into reciprocatory motion.

' ventionmay be constructed :1 designates a belt, which in practice may be a chain or .An object of the inventionis the construction of a movement that will enable. a rap idly rotating prime mover of smallI-IP toexert force in a rectilineardirectiom With these and other objects in view this invention will be better understood-from the diagrammatic view of my any other similar drive element. The .belt

rotating on the pulleys 2 has fixed thereto a plate 3. This plate 3 has ball and socket connection 4 with, a sleeve J5.v Slidably 7 socket {L mounted in the sleeve 5 is the cylindrical end portion 6 of the lever 7. This lever 7 asshown in Fig. 2 consists of 'a main part 8 and an auxiliary part 9 connected together by a hinge joint 10. I V

As far as Ihave proceeded it will be seen movement in the rota-ry'movement of the belt 1 without subjecting, any part of'the lever or belt to an extensive strain dueto the position of the joint 10 and ball and The part 9 sawed atthe sine 11 and 12'to anextensible' bracket"13* ownin the lazy tongs and said belt. that the lever will be given a swinging Patented Aug. 9, 1921. 7

art as lazy. tongs. 'Onelink ,14 of the" bracket" has one end pivoted asindicated at 15 to a base 16. The pin '17 forming the joints for the end links of the brackets is elongated and slides in a slot' 18 in the base, a connecting link 19 is arranged between the bracket and the element to be operated, which in this particular case is a crank shaft 20.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the lever provided I with an arcuate slot 21 the. walls of which are engaged by the pin 22 in the end of the V piston stem 23 of the cylinder 24.

It 1s of course to be understood that the" invention may be constructed in various 1 other manners and, the parts associated in other relations and, therefore, I do not desire tobe limited inanymanner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is;

1. In combination a belt, a shaft, a lever having an adjustable connection atone end with the belt and anextensible device connected to and adaptable to be extended in the movement of the lever by the belt, a

power shaft, and 'a link connection between the shaft'and the device. f 2. In combination with abelt, asleevehaving' an adjustable connection with. thebelt and lever having one end portion slidably mounted in the sleeve and an extensible device actuated by'the movement of the lever and an element for guiding the 'movementfof the device. a

3. In combination a belt, a crank arm, lazy tongs connected to actuate said arm, and a leverage drive connection between the and having an operative connection with the device. a I

In testimonywhereof aflix my signature.

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4. In combination a belt, a crank arm, an extensibledevice 'forturning the crank arm," and a leveragemember actuated bythe belt 

